Tonight: Dia de los Muertos (no drumming)
Tonight’s the annual Dia de los Muertos event in the Mission. Unlike previous years, the procession starts at 24th and Bryant rather than in front of the Mission Cultural Center. The event starts at...
View ArticleAt the Roxie: ‘Ready, Set, Bag!’ benefit for SF Food Bank
The film “Ready, Set, Bag!” (formerly titled “Paper or Plastic?“) will be shown tonight at the Roxie Theatre in a benefit for the San Francisco Food Bank, the city’s non-profit group that helps feed...
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Benjamin Bratt: Maverick Spirt Award Recipient
Benjamin Bratt Benjamin Bratt was born in San Francisco. He attended Lowell High School. He then spent some time at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, but he left to star in the...
View ArticleMission Graduates’ fundraiser: trip to Costa Rica
One of my favorite charities, Mission Graduates, helps reinforce basic skills for kids in the Mission District and prepare them for college. Now they’re having a fundraiser where the grand prize is a...
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Our Visit to Joe’s Cable Car Restaurant
We were on 280 north approaching Ocean Ave. when I remembered a show that I had seen on The Food Network. Guy Fieri (Diners Drive-ins and Dives) stopped in at “Joe’s Cable Car Restaurant“. Ten minutes...
View ArticleThe Mission through British eyes
The Mission district of the city: it’s like Camden only with wider roads and more second-hand bookshops. She means a U.K. Camden, not the one in New Jersey (but I don’t know if she means Camden Town or...
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Mission Street Food needs backers
A few days ago Mission Mission broke the news that Mission Street Food, the weekly happening where a chef takes over a crummy little Chinese takeout kitchen and produces a strange and wonderful...
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“La Mission” Showing Soon in San Francisco
Benjamin Bratt Maverick Spirit Award It was a thrill to be front row when Cinequest presented Benjamin Bratt with the Maverick Spirit Award. We, the audience, were also entertained with a screening of...
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San Francisco: Gas Leak Mission District
KPIX is reporting a gas leak in the Mission District. Evacuations include businesses, homes, and a preschool at 673 Valencia Street. The leak seems to be the result of a construction mishap. KPIX:...
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